Gallow Hill
Gallow Hill is a peak in Shetland Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 335 feet. Gallow Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Burwick, as well as near the village Veensgarth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lerwick Tingwall Airport and Scalloway Castle.
Lerwick Tingwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tingwall Airport, also known as Lerwick/Tingwall Airport, is located in the Tingwall valley, near the village of Gott, 4 NM northwest of Lerwick in Mainland, Shetland, Scotland.
Scalloway Castle
Castle
Photo: Tom Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scalloway Castle is a tower house in Scalloway, on the Shetland Mainland, the largest island in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The tower was built in 1600 by Patrick Stewart, 2nd Earl of Orkney, during his brief period as de facto ruler of Shetland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Scalloway and Burwick.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.
Gulberwick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gulberwick is a village on Mainland, 2.5 mi southwest of Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland, which contains approximately 200 houses. In recent years the number of houses in the area has increased due to its nearness to Shetland's capital and biggest town, Lerwick.
Gallow Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 335 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
60.167° or 60° 10′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.2622° or 1° 15′ 44″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
9CGW5P8Q+R4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13382172705OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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